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one of us is the son of Chimibey the Creek chief who rendered the United States such important services in one of the Creek wars. We hope you will not deny us our humble request that we and our brethren may enjoy our liberty and remove ourselves to the west; unless, indeed, we may be permitted to share with the Cherokees, and receive from the United States, transportation money. But if this cannot be granted, we rejoice in being able to assure you that we have the means for removing ourselves - provided, you will grant us liberty to collect our scattered property, and protect us in doing it, and we will bind ourselves to you, and some of our friends will bind themselves to you also, that we will remove ourselves to the west.

    We will give you two reasons why we ask for liberty, and permission to remove ourselves.
  1st. Our first reason we mention to you in confidence. We durst hardly speak in in the ears of a white man, but we hope we address one, in whom we can confide, and who feels for us. Most of our property scattered through the Cherokee country is hard money buried in the earth. Two of our brethren have at least a thousand dollars each, and others nearly as large sums, and others as low as twenty dollars. We hope we shall not be forced to lose this property, as many of our Creek brethren have theirs both in this and in our old country.
   2. But our second reason for sending this petition is the one which troubles our minds the most viz. We cannot think of our aged people, and children, taking so long a journey, in the heat of summer, without weeping. We feel certain that should we remove in this season of the year, many of these we love, as the white man loves his parents, and children,